June 1997

Date	Site	Launcher	#	Payload	Country	Operator	Prime	Mission	Mass	S/C	Orbit
03	CSG	Ariane 44L-3	V97	Inmarsat 3-F4	International	Inmarsat	LMTI	Mobile Comm.	1,999kg	LM4000	GTO-GEO
–	–	–	–	Insat 2D	India	ISRO	ISRO	Communications	2,079kg	Insat 2	GTO-GEO
05	GIK-5	Proton K/DM-5	245	Kosmos 2344	Russia	VKS	NPO Lavochkin	Mil. Observation	7,500kg?	Arak	LEO
10	GIK-5	[RS-18]	–	–	Russia	RVSN	–	ICBM Test	–	–	S/O
10	XSLC	CZ-3	12	Feng Yun 2B	China	CASC	CAST	Meteorology	1,360kg	FY-2	GTO-GEO
18	GIK-5	Proton K/DM2	246	Iridium SV009	US	Iridium LLC	Motorola/LMTI	Mobile Comm.	690kg	LM700	LEO
–	–	–	–	Iridium SV010	US	Iridium LLC	Motorola/LMTI	Mobile Comm.	690kg	LM700	LEO
–	–	–	–	Iridium SV011	US	Iridium LLC	Motorola/LMTI	Mobile Comm.	690kg	LM700	LEO
–	–	–	–	Iridium SV012	US	Iridium LLC	Motorola/LMTI	Mobile Comm.	690kg	LM700	LEO
–	–	–	–	Iridium SV013	US	Iridium LLC	Motorola/LMTI	Mobile Comm.	690kg	LM700	LEO
–	–	–	–	Iridium SV014	US	Iridium LLC	Motorola/LMTI	Mobile Comm.	690kg	LM700	LEO
–	–	–	–	Iridium SV016	US	Iridium LLC	Motorola/LMTI	Mobile Comm.	690kg	LM700	LEO
18?	VAFB	[Minuteman 3]	–	–	US	US Air Force	–	ICBM Test	–	–	S/O
24	VAFB	[Minuteman 2]	MSLS-3	IFT-1A	US	US Air Force BMDO	Sandia Nat. Lab	Target	–	–	S/O
25	CSG	Ariane 44P-3	V96	Intelsat 802	International	Intelsat	LMTI	Communications	3,420kg	LM7000	GTO-GEO

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